tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99617552011-08-02T10:07:17.033-07:00RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-71227364704997736512010-01-15T22:12:00.000-08:002010-01-15T22:36:59.902-08:00

With all the hoopla about how horrible a tragedy this situation is, I felt like airing some views on the subject. Again, it's my opinion. Of course that means that here, on this blog, I am right and you... well... ain't.It's not a tragedy. Tragedy requires a conscious decision by an individual or individual group-entity that creates the disaster which then affects those around them. The

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-64091363217206560502009-11-08T20:52:00.000-08:002009-11-08T21:06:39.386-08:00

The link leads to the California Department of Education's Food program page. What is of particular interest to me is the fact that, although one can find any combination of data analysis and training materials regarding transport, acquisition, distribution, and costs (in the form of grants or reimbursements) there is missing something very important to the actual use of the food itself (I'll

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-31189934448162895812009-10-21T23:34:00.000-07:002009-10-22T00:02:30.864-07:00

McAfee is absolute crap. I keep trying to find answers on their site and can't find them. the FAQ section is crap - you can only ever see the front page,which is only the first ten of the results (of usually hundreds). Clicking on "next" to see 11 - 20 takes you right back to the support home page. I've told this to their technicians, I've told it to the supposed technical support manager and you

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-47351710652216214012009-09-08T12:51:00.000-07:002009-09-08T13:59:06.100-07:00

I listened to Neal Conan on NPR while driving to lunch today. I understand why he needs to talk about it - the majority of the American populace is composed of craven lunatics with no sense of reality.There is never a way to truly understand a person's sacrifice in war by simply looking at an amputated limb or a flag-draped box. I can feel sympathy for them, but I can never truly understand how

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-48852643104063663512009-03-13T16:19:00.000-07:002009-03-13T16:22:49.858-07:00

I quit. I ain't looking for work because all I get are bogus headhunting bullshit. I quit because every time I try to do something it doesn't work - even when I use the same tools and methods as someone else I've seen do that thing.I quit because no one gives me any respect whatsoever. They treat me like some kind of child. I'm tired, I'm sick. I Quit.When someone I know actually gives me respect

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-31813466015367188412009-02-09T14:50:00.000-08:002009-02-09T15:33:49.412-08:00

I was recently researching Seargeant's Natural Guardian flea repellent. I noticed a poster by the name of "Warren" that ran horrific blurb that was a waste of (mediocre) marketing skills. Warren's comments are word-for-word and format-for-format the same at this blog (look for Warren's post left on March 24, 2008) which was less than 24 hours after posting to this blog.I'm all for free speech,

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-24566326143444028852008-11-05T08:36:00.000-08:002008-11-05T15:57:27.002-08:00

Apparently, the sheep... I mean the twits... I mean the followers of ancient religious myths... I mean the Christian Right has won (for now) in California. The morons who ran the campaign for Proposition 8 there can't hide.Here's their entry on Whois. Notice they have 5 other domains under just this name. They seem to be bouncing from IP to IP and server to server. Hmmmm... Zombie anyone? So why

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-21842117146082645192008-07-14T13:19:00.001-07:002008-11-05T16:02:58.386-08:00

I want to get something off my chest. It's something that has been bugging me since I started out as a Technical Writer way back in 1995.HR department heads, head-hunters, recruiters, and potential employers listen carefully, 'cause I'm gonna say this once (which may not be enough for some of you):If Programmers or Engineers were ever able to create a coherent sentence in English that someone

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-75604605688803460482008-05-02T00:53:00.000-07:002008-08-02T12:36:39.184-07:00

At about 5:32 pm local time on 4-30-08, about 48 miles Nouth of Kanaga Island, Alaska, a 5.1 earthquake occurred. Not out of the ordinary for the area.23 hours later a 6.1 earthquake hit about 12 miles North of the same island, and about 12 miles West of the Bobrof volcano. Could be a coincidence.From that time forward to now (10 pm local time of 5-1-08), there has been a series of earquakes

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-86795657017099085672008-04-27T19:16:00.000-07:002008-08-02T12:32:35.342-07:00

I know this may sound like alarmist journalism, but just hear me out.I was looking at the animation of the activity around Mogul, Nevada using Google Earth. I noticed something odd. For every single earthquake there was an answering 1 or 2 magnitude earthquake centered in a new development just SE of the golf course there (roughly 39º31'48" N by 119º54'43" W).I'm not sure if that is an inaccuracy

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-65262808732226182212008-04-05T22:10:00.000-07:002008-04-27T19:37:06.452-07:00

I'm a bit of a jerk. I know that. I'm also 50 minutes late on this (at the time of this writing), so no scoop for me (not that I was trying).A great actor, humanitarian (of sorts), and fairly nice guy (if you didn't quote movies at him), has left us. Charlton Heston died today. While it is sad to know that he died of complications due to Alheimer's disease, I must assume that he would appreciate

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-21843992964961743442007-12-29T12:37:00.001-08:002007-12-29T12:38:32.527-08:00

Yeah, yeah, I'm late.Create Your Own Video

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-43751595056913402722007-12-20T12:15:00.000-08:002007-12-20T12:43:06.811-08:00

I would have liked including a window for watching videos from YouTube with content related to my blog, but their smallest window is 400 pixels wide and more than that tall. I just don't have the time to figure out how to constrain the size of embedded script. If they get one smaller that will fit my page without dominating the content of it, I'll put it back up.

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-55821863468971755162007-12-18T17:31:00.000-08:002007-12-18T19:01:36.109-08:00

It's no wonder the rest of the world can't figure us out. Look at our idiomatic expressions, most of which have nothing to do with anything grammatical.I'm not going to list them out, but here are a couple of pet peeves of mine. The use of any of these in my presence is likely to get you at least a glare. If they are used in my direction, the conversation is over. If it's by a politician, you've

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-56937041052404296142007-12-18T09:56:00.001-08:002007-12-18T18:47:08.496-08:00

it's you against the world.

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-74504780727102273002007-12-15T22:07:00.000-08:002007-12-15T22:11:47.200-08:00

I posted this in answer to a question posed on how faith might affect actions in business situations. The person asking added that there should be a personal aspect to how it might affect the answerer.---------------I've not yet encountered a business situation where faith has ever been an overt consideration. However, I can see where the psychology of faith (and belief) can play into

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-83685952513806355592007-12-13T10:14:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:34:55.857-08:00

I have no conceivable use for this, but the "I wanna play with it" factor is incredibly high.

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-31701278865088375042007-12-13T03:20:00.000-08:002008-04-05T22:29:15.632-07:00

Don't speak my language? Got something up top that'll do for ya. Mostly. Some languages make the translator gag. I didn't write it (don't think I could) and they don't claim it's 100% either. Also, it is a tad slow, so be patient.Want to join with some nutballs? Wanna be on of the few, the proud, the truly underappreciated - and become a soccer referee? Well, then click on one of the two logos.

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-29637928193248366672007-12-11T02:59:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:30:08.118-08:00

Okay. So I'm not just now realizing that my 20th high school reunion thingy is coming up in 6 months, but that doesn't mean I can't be surprised by it anyway. Especially when you consider that I just finished up a BA.Yeah, I procrastinate. In fact, I've procrastinated my procrastination. I'm good at that. It's hard work, procrastination. It's not laziness at all. It is an active decision not to

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-84114991974201337342007-12-07T09:44:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:29:29.757-08:00

Not so recently, I bought tickets through TicketMaster. I had a whole rant that I was going to post, but I've decided that I'm just going to post the BBB process complaint and then post my thoughts and what I plan to do afterward and why."" = equals some modicum of privacy for me (although it ain't hard to figure out who I am) and the person from whom I received the company's boiler-plate

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-72828740335278864172007-12-03T23:54:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:27:48.703-08:00

For those of you thinking that the previous two post contradict each other: They don't.The article from 11-29-07 deals with intolerant behavior toward another for perceived inequality.The article from 12-03-07 deals with ... well it's about ... and they were dumb and ...Okay, so I'm intolerant of stupid acts by otherwise intelligent people. So I'm addressing the outward actions of the people and

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-87003213528101236112007-12-03T22:44:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:26:53.855-08:00

It's been an entire year now that some U.C. Berkeley students(?) decided to save some trees by climbing into them and refusing to come down. The trees are happy, I'm sure, with all that free fertilizer - coming out of both ends."I like this tree, so to save it I'm gonna nail some boards to it." Um.....DUH!This article is about a year old now as well, but it speaks plainly of the soft-headedness

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-71582901382278299042007-11-29T14:04:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:28:29.632-08:00

This is what I wanted to post on the forum of a very popular family history site. It was in response to a poster who wrote a letter to the CEO of this company and had gone unanswered for more than a month. However, the only thing I was able to post was the last line. Gosh, I wonder what I said.........For those offended easily: this is not a religion bash, so don't read it that way. It is

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-69367575736845206342007-07-27T23:38:00.000-07:002007-12-18T18:12:47.101-08:00

This review was originally published by me on LibraryThing.com. There's a link under the books on the left. Yeah, down there somewhere. Keep looking...This book, like so many recent books, has fallen prey to some sloppy copy-editing: wrong words, incorrect articles, misplaced modifiers, and one glaring error of consistency (in Bagshot's house when she speaks from the parlor). While this book is

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-23374488049829629442007-05-16T22:07:00.000-07:002007-12-18T18:11:44.140-08:00

Okay, I admit it: I watch American Idol. I appreciate good singing. Although they don't always show the best singers at the beginning, they always have the better singers making it to the finals. Last year I picked Paris and Hicks as the finalists right from the beginning. Although Paris showed some personality problems later on and showed that she had some broadening of her talent to do, Hicks

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-91958478856798084422007-03-20T12:50:00.000-07:002007-12-18T18:10:27.542-08:00

I know I've been gone and you miss me.What? You never noticed? I'm crushed.After 2 years of non-activity, I return to add something to my sidebar. Just under all that advertisement (which I might put above it, but then again it ain't that far to scroll) I've added some random books from my cataloged collection at LibraryThing. The link is below the books, so I won't put it in here. Sometimes ya

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-1107504227840612812005-02-03T23:54:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:04:40.948-08:00

The linked article speaks for itself.Another "artiste".This guy, Bobby Flay and the rest of the nuveau cuisine pretenders should be hung by their thumbs until they agree not to foist such pap as this onto an unsuspecting public. Anyone who eats this stuff and enjoys it shouldn't be allowed to eat anything but mush for the rest of their lives.People who eat and enjoy food don't want to eat paper.

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-1106892381968142242005-01-27T22:05:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:03:47.625-08:00

Yeah, we all like the pretty pictures, but we'd also like to get some real news. On the ESA site there is a press kit (outdated) and a bunch of "gosh-wow" articles, but there is no science data.I wanted to know what the observed temperature ranges have been recorded: not there.Why did I want to know this? At -170 to -180 with the right pressure, Methane would exist at its triple point (the point

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-1105088047939401452005-01-07T01:13:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:09:08.796-08:00

For those that believe that cool isn't just a way of life, but a way to live, here's an article about an experiment to radically overclock a computer processor - using liquid nitrogen!Reminds me of an experiment that a man named George Goble conducted many years ago in which he succeeded in melting a grill using LOX (Liquid Oxygen). (There is an excellent article on this at Ambrosia)The 5GHz

RicketyCatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9961755.post-1104914399629993112005-01-05T01:40:00.000-08:002007-12-18T18:01:23.508-08:00

At the request of my wife, I have embarked on a new and scary adventure: the Blog.A Blog can be an intimidating thing. What must I write about? What if no one ever reads it? What if my grammar and punctuation are all hinky?I will endeavor to provide my insights into anything I find interesting. That doesn't mean you'll find it interesting, but then, this is my Blog. Updates happen whenever I

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